This is not to knock Jerry Brown. His is a long and honorable public career. But even by the diminished standards of contemporary California political journalism, the profile of the past and future governor by Scott Sabatini on Examiner.com is silly:

Despite his 71 years, California Attorney General Jerry Brown has never been caught behind the times. Over a political career that has out-survived even Morris the Cat, Brown has become the Rolling Stones of California politics, played on both the classic rock station, the oldies and Top 40 playlists alike.

His is one act -- no matter how many times folks have said it has grown stale -- that continues to pack the house come election day.